For much of his career, Adam North was a hunted man. He carefully moved around the old USSR for decades, spying on the Soviets from deep within their vast empire. He was never caught, but his social skills languished.

Once his code name, Recluse, was a joke among friends. Now Recluse describes him well. At age 56, with too few good friends and too many bad memories, North turns to Christianity.

Suddenly, he must catch a terrorist who has been trained to think exactly like North did long ago. He might be able to do that. Coping with the woman who travels next to him looks much harder.